Vancouver: Giving Junkies a Fix to Keep Them Off the Street – Al Jazeera America

Vancouver: Giving junkies a fix to keep them off the street – Al Jazeera America

Vancouver: Giving junkies a fix to keep them off the street
Al Jazeera America
Thompson participated in two studies that provided access to the drug, which is administered following the protocol of a traditional treatment, like methadone. There was the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) from 2005 to 2008, he says

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Heroin special report: Counterattacking the epidemic in Rockford and the Rock … – Rockford Register Star

Heroin special report: Counterattacking the epidemic in Rockford and the Rock
Rockford Register Star
She had met him two years earlier when they were in treatment for heroin abuse. Now, they were back to using the illegal, Later, Knight said, the man checked into a substance abuse treatment program. Neither he nor Knight was charged with drug

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Russian drugs boss rules out marijuana legalization – RT


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Russian drugs boss rules out marijuana legalization
RT
The head of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service has called marijuana a dangerous gateway drug and said the authorities did not plan to legalize it, or to allow methadone treatment for heroin addicts. “Marijuana users have a 50 or 60 times higher risk

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Maintenance, not abstinence, will save addicts’ lives – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis Star Tribune

Maintenance, not abstinence, will save addicts' lives
Minneapolis Star Tribune
There is only one treatment proven effective for established heroin or other opioid addiction: indefinite maintenance on another opioid medication, such as methadone or buprenorphine. Dozens of studies have shown that opioid maintenance reduces drug 

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